Abstract: A theoretical investigation of the static and dynamic torsional stiffness of arbitrarily shaped rigid foundations embedded in a homogeneous half‐space, using a quadratic‐element‐based boundary element algorithm, is presented. ...

Abstract: Radiation damping of torsionally oscillating, arbitrarily shaped rigid foundations embedded in linear hysteretic homogeneous soil is studied parametrically with a rigorous boundary element formulation. A simplified analytical ...

Abstract: A new method for the free‐vibration analysis using the boundary element technique is presented. The method utilizes a fictitious vector function to approximate the inertia forces and then uses the well‐known concept of ...

Abstract: Wave barriers are often installed in the ground to reduce high‐frequency ground vibrations induced by man‐made sources such as traffic or machine foundations. This type of ground vibration could be a major problem in densely ...

Abstract: Results of a numerical study are presented on the kinematic response of groups of vertical floating piles connected through rigid massless caps and subjected to vertically propagating harmonic